Circus Elephants are the largest and MOST POWERFUL animals on earth! Have you ever wondered how they’re taught to be so gentle? They’re trained by having one of their feet linked with a chain to an immovable stake. After a time, the trainers can take the chain completely off. The elephant is free to run […]

In our family, we started a NEW tradition. We love going to New York City to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The last time we were there, we went to see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. One of the cool parts of their show is when they form a human PINWHEEL and […]

What are you listening to on your way to work? There’s just so much talk show NONSENSE! “Can you believe what she wore on the red carpet?” Now, they’re doing prank calls to embarrass people. Blah! Blah! BLAH! There’s so much noise that it can be MIND-NUMBING! We don’t want to be a NUMBSKULL. (We […]

When I was a little girl, we had tan-striped living room furniture and a burnt orange easy chair with wooden arms. There was a ivory and burnt maroon afghan that my grandma knitted. (I still don’t understand the colors she chose, because they weren’t my school colors and they didn’t really match anything else.) I don’t […]

When I was little, I had a toy called a “See ‘n Say”. It had a string that you pulled. Ashtyn had one that had a handle that you pushed down.   It was big and round and it had an arrow that spun around until it stopped on a picture. (Usually, it was an […]